Reinforced-concrete road-guard.



C. F. BUENTE.

REfNFoRcED CONCRETE ROAD GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED APK. I8. i914.

1,162,282. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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REINFoRcED CONCRETE ROAD GUARD.-

APPLICATION FILED APR. I8. 1914.

PatentedNov. 30, 1915.

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UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. PUENTE, OE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; AssIGNOR To oONORPDIE fPRODUCTS COMPANY, OE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION orPENNSYLVANIA.

REINFORCED-CONCRETE ROADTGUARD.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application filed April 18, 1914. SerialNo. 832,761.

To all eli/1,0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. BUENTE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Reinforced-Concrete Road Guards, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aside elevation, partially in section, of one form of my improved roadguard; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, with some of the parts removed;lFig. 3 is an end view of one of the rail members shown in Fig. l; Fig. tis a transverse section through one of the rail members; Fig. 5 is aninverted plan view of one end of one of the rail members; Fig. 6 is aside elevation partially in section through one of the posts of thestructure shown in another form of guard; Fig'. 7 is a sectional planview of Figg on the line VI-VI; Fig. 8 is an end view of one of thelower rails shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the lineIX-IX of Fig. 7; Fig. l0 is a bottom plan view of one end of one of therail members shown in Figs. 6 and 7; Fig. 11 is an end view of one ofthe posts shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 12 is a side elevation thereof; Figs. 13j

and r11i are transverse sections on the lines XIII-XIII and XIV-XIV,respectively of Fig. 12; Fig. 15 is an end view of one of the postsshown in the construction illustrated in Fig. 6; Fig. 16 is a sideelevation partially in section; and Figs. 17 and 18 are transversesections on the lines XVII- XVII and XVIIIXVIII respectively of Fig. 16.ThisL invention relates to an improvement in road guards and is designedto provide a cheap and efficient reinforced concrete guard which canreadily be made in the factory and easily placed in position on theroad. The object of my invention is to provide a guard of the characterin which the rails and posts are properly reinforced and which aresoformed that they can readily be assembled on the road and secured inposition with ordinary tools.

Y Another object'of myl invention is to provide a device of thecharacter in which one rail member can be placed at various angles withrelation to an adjacent rail member or members without chipping orcutting away any portion of the posts or rail members. By the use ofstructures of this character, I am enabled to place the guard on aroadhaving curves of widely diiferentradii, as well as on bined.

The precise nature of my inventionwill be best understoodby referencetothe accompanying drawings, which will Anow be describedit beingpremised, however, that various changes'may be made in the detailsofconstruction withoutde'parting from the spirit and scope ofmyinventiomas defined 1n the appended claims.

Referring to Figs.` l, 2, 5 and 11 to 14, the reference character 2designates the rail members, each of which is provided with a loopedreinforce 3 and 8a. The upper reinforce is provided with a loop at oneend, while the body members thereof extend along both sides'of the railmember adjacent to the top to a point close to the other end,l of therail The `reinforce Sais also provided with a loop at the other endo-fthe rail member, andthe body members `thereof grades and on curvesand grades com-v extend downwardly and thenlongitudinally the otherendfof the rail member ini order topermit the loops of adjacent` railmem'- bers to extend over a securing pin, as hereinf after described.These rail members may be provided with recesses in their underfacesasindi'cated at 4,:belo-w, the neutral axis,- of the rails toreduce the ,cost of material, and at the same time lighten thestructure` without materially affecting its strength. The ends oftherail members are also provided with spherically shaped sockets 5 forreceiving the ends ofthe supporting posts, as hereinafter described. Theposts 6` are each provided with vertically extending reinforcing members7, which may be of any desiredshape, and may, be placed in any desiredposition, but I prefer to use four straight rods, one in each corner ofthe post. The upper portions of these posts may be recessed, asindicated at 8 and the upper ends thereof are provided with a Theloops.,

spherical head 9. 10v is a `vertical bolt secured in the upper end ofthe post at the center thereof, for engagement with the loops onadjacent rail members. In the construction shown in these figures, theposts are placed in the ground at proper intervals, and the rails arethen placed on top of the posts in the manner shown in the section atthe left hand sidev of Fig. 1, so that.

the loops of adjacent rail members engage the bolts 10; the loop on onerail member lying in a different horizontal plane from the loop on theother endof the rail member.

It will readily be understood by those familiar with the art that thearrangement of ball and socket joints between the tops of the posts andthe rail members will permit the rails to be placed on the tops of theposts to compensate for curves in the road, as well as `inclines oftheroad. After the rails are placed in position, a U-shaped cap member 11,having an opening therein for the bolt 10 is placed over the jointbetween the rail members and secured in position by means of a nut 12.If desired, after the rail members have ybeen placed in position andbefore the caps 11 are placed overk the joints, the open spaces betweenadjacent rail members may be filled up with any suitable cement orconcrete.

In Figs. 6 to 10 and 15 to 18, I have shown a modified form in which Iuse two sets of rail members. In this construction, the upper ends ofthe posts and the upper rail members are similar to the upper ends ofthe posts and the rail members shown in the vario'us figures, and I haveapplied the same reference characters to the same parts with the lettera affixed. These posts are also provided with an intermediate shoulder13 at each side thereof, and 14: are securing bolts for the railsextending upwardly throughA the shoulders. 15 are the lower rail'memberswhich are provided with re-v inforces similar to the reinforces of theupper rails, but in this case the loops at opposite ends of the railmembers are approximately in the same plane as each bolt 14 is onlyarranged to receive the loop of one rail. This structure is alsoassembled in a manner similar to the structure shown in Fig. 1, andafter the lower rails 15 are placed in position, they are secured bymeans of caps 16 and nuts 17, which caps are arranged to be seated inthe recessed portions 8fL on the posts 6a. Y

The advantages of my invention result from the provision of posts andrails having crete rails, universal connections between the posts andthe ends of adjacent rails, a cap for securing the rails to the posts,and means for connecting said cap to the post to clamp the rail thereto,substantially as described.

2. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts and a. plurality ofreinforced concrete rails, a ball and socket joint between the posts andthe ends of adjacent rails, means for securing said rails to the posts,and cap members covering the joint between the ends of adjacent rails;substantially as described.

3. A road guard comprising a. plurality of posts having sphericallyshaped heads, a bolt extending upwardly from the center of each head,reinforced concrete rail members extending from post to post, and havinga concaved portion at each end for receiving the heads on the posts,means on said rails for engaging said bolts, and means for securing saidrail members to said bolts; substantially as described.

4. A road guard comprising a plurality of reinforced concrete posts,each of said posts having a spherically shaped top, a bolt extendingupwardly from the center of the top of each post, rail members extendingfrom post to post having spherical sockets for engaging the sphericaltops of the posts, loop members extending outwardly from the ends of therail members in engagement with the bolts, cap members mounted over thejoints between adjacent rail members, said cap members having openingsfor the reception of the bolts, and nuts for securing the caps totheposts and rails; substantially as described. n

5. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts, each of said postshaving a spherical top, rail members extending from post to post havingspherical sockets for engagement with the spherical tops, means forsecuring said rail members to the tops of the post-s, a sphericalshoulder on each side of the posts below the tops, rail membersextending from the shoulder on one post to a shoulder on an adjacentpost, and means for securing said rails to said shoulders; substantiallyas described.

6. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts each having aspherically shaped top, rail members extending from post to post, eachhaving spherically shaped sockets on their bottoms at the ends thereof,the ends of said rails being arranged so that at least ltwo rails can beseat-ed on the top of each post, and means for clamping the rail membersto the tops of the posts; substantially as described'.

7. A road guard having posts and rail members formed with universalpivotal connections, cap members adapted to engage the ends of two railmembers, and means for securing said caps to the posts to clamp therails in position, substantially as described. y

8. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts having spherical shapedheads, a bolt extending upwardly from the center of each head,reinforced concrete rails extending from post to post having sphericallyshaped sockets at the ends thereofseated on the heads of the posts,reinforcing members in said rails, said reinforcing members having loopsextending through the ends of the rails and arranged to engage the boltson the posts, and nuts for securing said rails in position on the posts;substantially as described.

9. A road guard comprising a plurality of posts, each of said postshaving a spherical head, rail members extending from post to post, theends of said rail members having spherical sockets arranged to receivethe tops of the posts, there being two rails extending in differentdirections from the top of each post, a spherical shoulder on two sidesof each post below the tops, a rail member extending from the shoulderon one post to the shoulder on the next post, .upwardly extending rodsextending through the heads and shoulders on the posts, reinforcingmembers in each rail having loops extending outwardly through the endsof the rail engaging said rods, and means on said rods for securing therails in position; ysubstantially as described In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto set my hand. v

CHARLES F. BUENTE. Vitnesses W. C. LYON, H. M. CoRWIN.

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